diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 3b934cc94cc8..25d7ce31a5d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ void kvm_unregister_device_ops(u32 type);
 
 extern struct kvm_device_ops kvm_mpic_ops;
 extern struct kvm_device_ops kvm_xics_ops;
+extern struct kvm_device_ops kvm_arm_vgic_v2_ops;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c
index 2935405ad22f..e1cd3cb95903 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v2.c
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ int vgic_v2_probe(struct device_node *vgic_node,
 		goto out_unmap;
 	}
 
+	kvm_register_device_ops(&kvm_arm_vgic_v2_ops, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);
+
 	vgic->vcpu_base = vcpu_res.start;
 
 	kvm_info("%s@%llx IRQ%d\n", vgic_node->name,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
index 1c2c8eef0599..d14c75f4a33b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic-v3.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ int vgic_v3_probe(struct device_node *vgic_node,
 		ret = -ENXIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	kvm_register_device_ops(&kvm_arm_vgic_v2_ops, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);
 
 	vgic->vcpu_base = vcpu_res.start;
 	vgic->vctrl_base = NULL;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 9b63141a599d..69f6e7aa573e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ static int vgic_create(struct kvm_device *dev, u32 type)
 	return kvm_vgic_create(dev->kvm, type);
 }
 
-static struct kvm_device_ops kvm_arm_vgic_v2_ops = {
+struct kvm_device_ops kvm_arm_vgic_v2_ops = {
 	.name = "kvm-arm-vgic",
 	.create = vgic_create,
 	.destroy = vgic_destroy,
@@ -2643,8 +2643,7 @@ int kvm_vgic_hyp_init(void)
 
 	on_each_cpu(vgic_init_maintenance_interrupt, NULL, 1);
 
-	return kvm_register_device_ops(&kvm_arm_vgic_v2_ops,
-				       KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);
+	return 0;
 
 out_free_irq:
 	free_percpu_irq(vgic->maint_irq, kvm_get_running_vcpus());